I am nearly two years out from my last tx (Jan 2012) I too was BOT stage III HPV+

It seemed to me like forever to get better, but it was only 2 months / 3 at the most. My pain / "feeling like I was run over a few time by a truck" was the worst right after treatments. I had terrible neck burns from the rads, a terrible reaction to the Erbitux (top awards per my Oncologist) ..

I remember telling my wife "I don't think I can take another day of this" ..but I did and one day, almost overnight it seemed to improve, then improve quickly it did after that. Mine was about the 8 week mark. I was on a feeding tube for 7 months, lost 70lbs in treatment (even with the tube) ...throat was terribly painful, mucus was quite bad ...(btw, my feeding tube was inserted the first week of treatments).

It will get better, as you know we are all different, but it will get better. My taste buds came back around the 6 month mark pretty strong, then they went away again for a few months ,then back again now ...at about 50% ...I still can't taste anything sweet, but living is sweet enough for me. HA!

Hang in there, you are a survivor and that's what counts!